Help-5 days to go - looking for a Welsh Boys name!

[Budcat]

Help, running out of time and need to find a Welsh Boy's name. I am welsh, live in England and DH (English) wants to give DS2 a welsh name like his brother. Have looked through so many lists and books but many names will not be pronounable in England due to the language barrier. Can anybody suggest phonetic welsh boys names?

So annoying that have no problems with girls names - Ffion Lowri but it ain't going to happen!

[justwaterformethanks]

how do you pronounce Iolo and taliesin? just curious

[jammydodger]

Tegid?

[OverRated]

I wanted DS to be Iestyn but he got a different Welsh name instead.

[llareggub]

I have a Iestyn

[Hobnobfanatic]

How do you pronounce Iolo, Califrau?

And no one has mentioned Elwyn yet! Though a bit old fashioned!

[Hobnobfanatic]

Doh - Justwater got in there first!
Yo-lo reminds me too much of Rolo, I think!

[taffy101]

I have an Owen, rather than an Owain which I thought would confuse English people.
My nephew is Dylan which I also really like (depending on who she is talking to my sis says he's named after dylan thomas/bob dylan/dylan off magic roundabout!)

[RTKangaMummy]

BRYN



DS has a friend with Bryn and think it is great

[RTKangaMummy]

cousins DS called Gareth

[bodiddly]

I know a Brynley (Bryn) ... cute!

[maxmissie]

My husband's parents are both Welsh and live in England and he and his brothers are Owen, Gareth and Thomas.

His cousin's children are called Gruffydd (pronounced Griffith and Griff for short!) and Caled (which we'd never heard of before and couldn't find on any of the lists).

If we'd had a boy we would have called him Evan Thomas as wanted a Welsh name that could be easily spelt and pronounced in England but as we had a girl we called her Bethan!

[BrummieMomInMerthyr]

My ds is Dylan, should be no probs with that in an English school! Otherwise Ioan, Ieuan.... A friend of ours has called their ds Taryn, but this is more of a girls name! Not sure if they know but as they live in Oxford i don't think anyone is gonna know

[ivykaty44]

dowie

[Chuffinnora]

Would that be Dewi Ivykate?

[catgirl]

Budcat - let me know where to send the vest to.

Any closer to picking names?

[Budcat]

Thanks for the help everyone - some really great suggestions that I really like and I feel a lot less stressed about the lack of a name. Next step to pour very large glass of red wine for DH tonight and make a decision once and for all!!

Cat girl - I have e-mailed Tech to ask how to pass on my address to you. Many thanks again,

Budcat.

[catgirl]

budcat - got your details, will retrieve vest from sis-in-law (she is Canadian, my brother Welsh, so clearly not going to put their lo in it!) and post. Good luck picking names and the birth of course!

[PrincessPeahead]

I knew a welsh guy who lived in Oxford called Gowan. Nobody seemed to have any trouble pronouncing his name. Also easy to spell - anyway that's my suggestion!

[frogger77]

My husband is Welsh and the names in his family are: Eifion, Elgan, Ceirion, Gwyn, Huw, Owain, Dafydd. Also like Cayden (Kaiden, many spellings) x

[ConfusedMover]

Lloyd

[ladette]

Did you make a decision? My FIL was Welsh, as was my Grandfather, so we gave our DS a Welsh name, already mentioned several times on this thread.

[WestCountryLass]

Someone has already suggested Osian (osh-shan), totally fabulous name!

Brynn?

[Budcat]

Hi
Thanks for everybody's help (Mumsnetters please take a bow) we now have a short shortlist!

So far
Awstin
Iwan
Gethin
Iestyn

Many of the other fabulous names suggested have been excluded due to being occupied by brothers/Dads/Uncles etc!

DH's favourite (found on the list forwarded by Duchesse-many thanks)is Awstin. I'm not sure. Any thoughts on that little list most welcome.....